2008 – Page 215

The drivers’ unions that control the transport of passengers and freight throughout the country have put a hold on any fare increases until this Wednesday. According to Listin Diario, Juan Hubieres, who heads the Fenatrano union, told a meeting of his members that he had asked the government to remove the diesel subsidy, since only …

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Two well-known experts in the field, Osiris de Leon and Isidro Rodriguez, have told reporters that dams and reservoirs in the Dominican Republic are not properly maintained. De Leon told Listin Diario reporters that the Dominican Hydroelectric Generation group is only concerned with the earnings of the dams as a result of electricity generated. Isidro …

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The National Coffee Council (Codocafe) has announced the prizes for the best coffee produced in 2007. The prizes went to farmers’ collectives. The first prize went to the La Experiencia association of small growers and the second prize went to the Coffee Growers of La Laguna. The competition is held as part of the program …

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A propane gas tanker carrying 10,000 gallons of LPG overturned near Herrera. The resulting fire burned three people, two very seriously. The accident occurred when a small pickup truck cut off the tanker and in the ensuing evasion the tanker truck mounted the curb and overturned. Fortunately, action by firefighters prevented a major explosion, although …

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A furious crowd hunted down and killed a man said to have murdered two people. The victim of local justice was one Willis Brioso, who had apparently killed Jorge Gil Diaz, 29, and Crisitan Delgado, 43, because they would not give him RD$500 to buy drugs. Brioso also wounded Enrique Ferreira Santos. Ferreira is in …

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US$969,166 in undeclared money being confiscated as it was brought into the country, as reported in Listin and Hoy today. The incident took place at La Romana International Airport, and the pilot of the private plane is currently in custody. Agents of the Specialized Airport Security Corps (CESA) and the Customs Department (DGA) discovered the …

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Over the weekend, the president of the National Council on Drugs (CND), Mabel Feliz Baez said that they could do a lot more with their budget if the justice system sentenced the dealers. She said the funds could then go to rehabilitation and prevention campaigns. “The courts are slow in issuing sentences, and if we …

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During the past few months, the volume of contraband has increased along the border near Dajabon in the northwest corner of the Dominican Republic, next door to Haiti. According to local deputy Carmen Mirelys Uceta, criminal activity has also increased at the same time that legal commerce has decreased. The Congress member told Hoy reporter …

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Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez joined the exclusive list of 24 Major League Baseball players to have hit 500 or more homeruns. He is also only the third (including Sammy Sosa and Alex Rodriguez. His homerun came on Saturday, 31 May at a game in Baltimore. The Red Sox won 6-3. For local comments …

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Regional leaders in El Salvador for a heads of state meeting of the Central American Integration System (SICA) have made theirs President Leonel Fernandez’s proposal on the calling of an extraordinary session of the United Nation’s General Assembly to discuss, with urgency, the looming global economic crisis based on skyrocketing fuel prices and the consequential …

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